Starfront Observatories allows amateur astronomers to rent a spot for their telescopes and photograph the cosmos over a ...

An unexpected deep-sea deposit may be the smoking gun from a nearby star that exploded as a supernova in the relatively ...

In plain terms, this means SDSS J0715-7334 was born from gas that’s almost as pure as the universe’s original hydrogen and helium, barely touched by the generations of exploding stars ... by the ...

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. This animation shows the explosion of a white dwarf, an extremely dense remnant of a star that can no longer burn ...

Scientists trying to work out whether a star exploded and the resulting debris crashed into Earth 10 million years ago may be one step closer to solving the mystery. They discovered an unusual amount ...

An exploding star may have sent cosmic shrapnel flying to hit Earth 10 million years ago, and astronomers have now narrowed down the most likely culprits behind this interstellar incident. Earlier ...

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Some stars die quietly, ending as compact embers called white dwarfs. A rare few do something extreme, racing through the Milky Way so fast they can escape its pull, a class called hypervelocity white ...

Artist's impression of a supernova. By ESO/M. Kornmesser/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY My hypothesis is that remnants of a supernova – an exploding star – had an impact on the Earth’s past climate, causing ...

What’s the link between an exploding star, climate change and human evolution? Francis Thackeray, who has researched ancient environments and fossils for many years, sets out his ideas about what ...

What’s the link between an exploding star, climate change and human evolution? Francis Thackeray, who has researched ancient environments and fossils for many years, sets out his ideas about what ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists for the first time have spotted the insides of a dying star as it exploded, offering a rare peek into stellar evolution. Stars can live for millions to trillions of years ...